I hope you’ve had a wonderful and merry December thus far!
One of my favorite workday productivity tips is to listen to music while you work. Since many of us have been working from home this year due to the pandemic, I am sure things have started to feel monotonous and we could use a little holiday cheer right about now to perk ourselves up.
Since December 1st, I traded in my usual all-season lofi playlists for some Christmas and Winter themed beats instead and I’ve been loving listening to them this month. They have done a lot to keep me excited for the holiday’s even though I accept that things are going to be different this year.
Of course, I wanted to share them with you, so this post is going to be a roundup of my favorite 5 playlists within the Christmas, Holiday and Winter theme.
In today’s video I am sharing 5 Easy Planner Deco Hacks you can use in your planner with Tombow Markers. As my OG followers know, I am more of a functional planner, and I don’t do much pretty planning. I use very few stickers and never touch washi tape, but I do still like my planner spreads to get a little color and deco to help keep them interesting, to highlight any key information and to create hierarchy on my spread when necessary. So, I have a few functional decor tricks for using a marker in your planner.
Deco Hack #1:Add a header to your spread
Deco Hack #2:Add checkboxes or a checklist
Deco Hack #3:Create appointment boxes to highlight key events or tasks on your spread
Deco Hack #4:Create your own habit trackers
Deco Hack #5:Divide your spreads or create visual hierarchy
I hope these simple hacks help you create more organization in your planner. I would love to hear which hack is your favorite or one you would like to try in your own planner, so please leave me a comment below!
Tis the season to get gifting and this year I have put together three awesome new holiday gift guides to help inspire you to find that perfect something for the special ladies in your life.
I can’t tell you how helpful I find these sorts of holiday gift guides so I am so glad to be able to share my own with you.
So, the three gift guides are themed for three specific women | The Planner Addict, The Boss Lady & The High Vibe Babe!
Let’s start with The Planner Addict
This gift guide covers a few chic but essential elements that any planner lover is sure to lust after. Stylish planners, trendy highlighters and some elegant stationery. Don’t worry, I’ve done the leg work and provided you links to the items below!
Next, here are some great gift ideas for The Boss Lady
This gift guide covers modern yet feminine office necessities that the boss lady in your life is sure to enjoy. Chic desk accessories, a functional project planner and even a powerful hair styler to ensure she is always zoom call ready!
Finally, here are my gift suggestions for The High Vibe Babe
This gift guide covers some unique self-care favorites that any vibe conscious lady is sure to appreciate. Crystals, relaxation and meditation tools, and even a guided journal to help your loved one manifest their dreams.
I sincerely hope that these gift ideas help give you some great inspiration for how to spread your own holiday cheer this season.
There is no better feeling than when you receive a gift from someone you love that feels so you!
I am personally not a big fan of the money or gift card gifting that has become popular in the last few decades. For me, I prefer to take my time and find a gift that fits each person on my list. I know not everyone has that sort of time, so I hope these gift guides help you make quicker work of your holiday shopping.
Wishing you and yours a safe, happy and healthy holiday season!
I hope you have been doing well, staying safe and healthy at home as we hit a very delicate time of year for our health during the pandemic.
I know you have heard this so many times already, but it bears repeating that although we have limitations due to the pandemic, it doesn’t mean that December and this holiday season can’t be just as wonderful and merry as always. Things may look different, but the reason for the season is still the same for you if you embrace it.
So, in this month’s installment of my public Entrepreneurial journal entry, I thought I should share about some awesome live events I have scheduled for this month.
December is the time of year when I like to wrap up my projects for the year and do my goal setting for the upcoming year. This year, like years past, I am again hosting my Annual New Year’s Goal Setting + Planning Class, however, this year the class is going to be held exclusively for my Productivity + Planning Master Mind members on this upcoming Saturday, December 5th @ 2PM EDT.
So, if you want to join, get yourself enrolled in the membership- it costs just $22 a month and each month you get an exclusive private class, plus loads activities, inserts, extra content and a private chat with our master mind group as well as myself.
In year’s past the New Year’s Goal Setting Class has cost twice as much to attend, so your investment this year into the membership goes so much further for your productivity and personal development.
The second live event I am hosting this month is my 2021 Planner Setup Party on Saturday December 19th @ 2PM EDT. This event will be a live steam on Youtube FREE to my community where you will follow along as I set up my planner for 2021.Â
In this live stream I will share how I clean my leather planner, my process for printing and binding my inserts at home, and of course I will walk you through how I am setting my planner up for the new year.
I would love for you to join me for the livestream and set your planner up alongside me. It should be a fun and informative time and of course I’ll be taking Q+A live so it’s a great chance for us to hang out and get your planning questions answered by me.
I’ll be sending out emails for this event the morning of to those on my email list. If you would like to ensure you receive those emails and a direct link to the even, click here!
Well, that is everything I have going on for December!
Like you, I am just hoping to wrap up my year in a nice bow, get in some rest and relaxation and start the new year with a fresh slate.Â
I would love to hear about your plans for December and how you are preparing for the close of the year. Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know your plans. I do hope to see you inside my Productivity + Planning Master Mind to kick off a fresh year together in January!
What do you do with unused or missed inserts in your planner?
On Saturday I posted a video sharing my thoughts on how to deal with and make the most of unused planner inserts.
If you have been using a planner for any length of time, I am sure you have faced this situation before, where you skipped planning and have some dated inserts that are left empty in your planner.
So, what should we do with them?
First, it’s important to understand that this happens to many of us, that we start a planner, but skip using it sometimes.
It’s nothing to get too bothered over, so if you feel a sense of guilt for not using your planner for a period of time, take a deep breath in, exhale and let that guilt go.
You just need to check in with yourself to determine what the issue was that caused the lack of planning.
Is your planner the culprit? Perhaps its not the right system for your needs.
Or perhaps, you got distracted from planning?
Both are very common situations, but it’s up to you to identify the cause so you can address it and use this information to plan and do better in the future.
For more details on this topic, check out my YouTube channel and this latest video below.
And if you have watched the video or have an opinion on how to deal with unused planner inserts, please leave me a comment and share your thoughts!
Click play above to watch a short walk thru of my Project Breakdown + Management Workbook.
Hello My Charmed Ones!
This month in the Productivity + Planning Master Mind we covered the topic of Project Management with a dedicated master class and workbook intended to help you take a big goal or objective and turn it into manageable daily tasks.
In the workbook, I laid out two key processes:
The first is the process of breaking down your goal into a project plan.
The second is the process of managing your projects to ensure completion.
Both processes are necessary if you want to achieve any goal or objective because you can’t take action without a solid plan, and yet a plan alone does not keep you organized and focused enough to take action.
Planning + Organization = Easy Execution
(Leave me a comment 👇🏼 and let me know which part of the process you struggle with more, or perhaps you struggle with both equally?!)
If you are ready to translate your big complicated goals into strategic daily actions, this class and workbook will give you clarity to tackle even the most overwhelming objectives with ease!
BUT in order to get these awesome and valuable tools, you need to be part of the Productivity + Planning Master Mind with me!
OR send me an email and let me know what’s holding you back from making this small but significant investment in your personal development and success.
I would love to welcome you to the Master Mind where you will be part of a group of like-minded women all learning to plan and organize on their best lives ever, together!
When you do enroll in the Master Mind Membership, you get immediate access to all past content in the group, including master classes, workbooks, inserts and other designs, plus you are set for our upcoming monthly master classes for the duration of your membership enrollment.
3 Steps to Creating a Stress Free and Profitable Holiday Promotion
With the holiday season quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to quickly arrange for a holiday promotion for your business. The Thanksgiving to Christmas time period tends to be an extremely profitable season for online shops and businesses, with many retailers seeing exponential sales and traffic in this time with the aid of some well planned and executed holiday sales. Now, if you have never planned out a holiday promotion, or have yet to do so this season, I’m here to tell you that the process is much easier than you think and doesn’t have to involve complicated marketing planning or lots of time and effort. You do still have plenty of time to pull off a successful holiday promotion without stress or extra long work days, but you do need to act fast to get your plan in place to maximize sales before Black Friday kicks off in a few weeks! In order to help make this process even more streamlined for you, I have also created a free DIY Holiday Promotion Planning Guide that you can use to plan and keep track of your promotion. CLICK HERE to get the FREE Guide and get started today!
Step # 1: Decide the logistics of your promotion
There are many types of promotions and sales specials you can run during the holiday season to drum up excitement for your business and increase traffic and check totals in your shop. You can do something as simple as create a special coupon code for a percentage off items in your shop, you can put together bundles of popular products that coordinate, or simply discount your best sellers. You can make your sale as simple or complicated as you’d like and do one or more of these things, but decide what works for you and your business and of course, plan out how long you want these promotions to last. I’d highly suggest running a sale on Black Friday at the very least. Personally, this year I plan to create some limited time only bundles, provide a coupon code to VIPs on my email list and social media followers, and I also plan to host a giveaway to entice sales during my promotion which will last 3 days from Black Friday to Sunday. If you don’t want to discount your products due to product constraints, you can also create non-sale promotions that include either a giveaway wherein customers during the time frame are opted in to win a prize. You can offer a digital freebie to drive traffic to your shop or even give a free gift with purchase. Think about what will work for your sales goals and business and outline the details of your promotion asap!
Step #2: Shoot your promotional images
If you run an online business, you know how important great product and styled shots are to driving sales. Once you know the parameters of your promotion, you can arrange for a quick photoshoot and get all your images ready for your shop, social media and any ads you may run. If you don’t feel confident in your photography skills or need help understanding how to take great photos that sell, definitely check out my Charmed Digital Styling Lightroom Photography Course. It’s a video module based course with 3.5 hours of content that you can watch while taking notes and arranging your own photos. In the course I teach you everything you need to know to quickly get your styled photography under control and streamlined to make shooting promotional images a breeze! I’d highly recommend taking the course if you need great photos for your holiday promotions, it will save you time and money in the short term if you are someone who pays for stock photos, and the course even includes photoshop tutorials that will teach you how to create promotional sales graphics and advertisements as well!
Step #3: Start spreading the news
Once you have your promotion planned and your images are ready to go, you can start sharing the news of your promotion through your various communication methods and continue to do so through the duration of your sale. I’d suggest starting to actively promote your holiday sale anywhere from 2-4 days before it begins using any and all methods you use to communicate with your customers. If you have an email list, you will want to send a list to your email a few days before the sale starts and give some previews of the sales to come, and if you use social media or YouTube, make sure you tell your audience in these locations as well. If you use any methods of advertising, you also want to get those set to go for about three days out from the sale to drum up excitement and provide a call to action to get new potential customers onto your list. Finally, if you have an affiliate program or even a network of friends who can help you spread the word, make sure you coordinate with them on promotional messages and details that they can share with their audience as well. It’s the holiday’s after all, so the more the merrier when it comes to cross promoting sales and specials!
That’s it! Three easy steps to a stress free and profitable holiday promotion. You still have time to get your promo planned and off the ground and I’d highly suggest planning something rather than nothing because failing to promote during the holidays means you are leaving a lot of money on the table. Make sure to grab my free DIY Promotion Planning Guide to help keep you on track!
Wishing you a productive and successful week and holiday season ahead!
In today’s video I am sharing 5 rules that I follow for managing my email inbox. Reaching email inbox zero is a productivity and organization practice I use to keep me from missing important information or tasks that come from my emails on a weekly basis. But in addition to that process, I try to follow some simple rules when engaging with my emails on a day to day basis to ensure I remain focused and efficient with my email management.
If you would like to watch a dedicated video on my Email Inbox Zero Process, click here! Both videos are great resources to help you efficiently organize your email. I hope you enjoy!
I can’t believe Halloween is a few days away and November starts over the weekend. I wish I could say I haven gotten into the Halloween Spirit, but other than decorating my house and listening to Halloween Lofi Playlists on YouTube, I really haven’t done much by way of spooky celebrations.
I, like many people, are still prioritizing lockdown and so this year my fall looks much different than years prior, and perhaps that’s why I am at such a loss for how it is that one of my favorite holidays is nearly here!
I guess I need to make myself some Halloween plans LOL. Maybe this blog post is as good a place as any to start brain dumping some ideas.
Certainly, a Halloween movie marathon seems to be the obvious activity for lockdown. But what movies should I watch? Here are some of my favorites!
Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp
The Wolfman starring Benecio del Toro
The Craft (90’s favorite)
Hocus Pocus (classic)
Halloween (I prefer Michael Myers to Freddie or Jason)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (cult classic)
Practical Magic (because we can’t do all scary)
Chilling Tales of Sabrina (Netflix series)
Yea, I’m feeling good about that list, how about you?
Okay, so to wrap up October and this post in a nice little bow and prepare ourselves for November ahead, I have your free downloads for November ready! Another Half Page November Dashboard with 30 Days of Thankfulness Gratitude List on the back and some Thanfulness themed tech wallpapers.
Over the last few weeks and months, I have acquired three more luxury planners and after sharing a sneak peek with my Instagram followers, you asked for me to do an unboxing.
I also get many many questions about how to find luxury planner covers as they are not always easily available online.
So, Saturday I posted a full video on all these topics!
Just a warning…
This video is pretty long and chatty, but I have added timestamps to help you find the information you may be looking for. If you click through to the full video on YouTube you will be able to access the timestamps and the full description of the video where I also left plenty of links to additional resources.
I hope you enjoy this video and if you have any additional questions I missed in the video, leave a comment on the video and I will be glad to help if I can!
